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agree, we need to move forward and we need to look at what's best for this country and getting our deficit under control. so, we'll set those common principals and move forward. >> that translate into real action and in the nation's interest. i thought the president the other day made a splendid speech after his victory over the republicans on the shutdown and the debt ceiling deal, i thought he said all of the right things, but i have heard him say the right things before and republicans say the right things. what do you think the odds are of this committee, supercommittee or the budget conference committee that results from a deal, what are the odds that you can get something done that will profoundly, significantly, meaningfully, stop government spending levels at this height and actually curtail deficits and subsequently debt. >> lou, i'm always an optimist on moving forward. the one thing that encourages me we have been able to work together on the weighs and means, with both of our counterparts in the house, the democrats, and our counterparts in the senate. we have been working toge
agree, we need to move forward and we need to look at what's best for this country and getting our deficit under control. so, we'll set those common principals and move forward. >> that translate into real action and in the nation's interest. i thought the president the other day made a splendid speech after his victory over the republicans on the shutdown and the debt ceiling deal, i thought he said all of the right things, but i have heard him say the right things before and republicans...
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they said we would explode the deficit and all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over ten years. >> now we have the committee and you are being asked later about the website. let me pursue this question about individuals who have gotten notices that they will have their individual insurance policiless canceled. they will be able to get another plan, won't they? >> it's the law that they must. continuous coverage is part of the law. that wasn't the case in the past. >> the affordable care act. we will end the worst abuse of companies and create consumer protections in the market place that they will be able to buy a policy even if they have been sick in the past and women won't be charged more than men. they won't be denied coverage because of preexisting conditions and put lifetime caps and will be an essential benefit package. you are not buying some things and having other things, but the minimum that everybody should have. prescription drugs and mental health coverage and doctors and hospitals. are these im
they said we would explode the deficit and all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over ten years. >> now we have the committee and you are being asked later about the website. let me pursue this question about individuals who have gotten notices that they will have their individual insurance policiless canceled. they will be able to get another plan, won't they? >> it's the law that they must. continuous...
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he said it would not add a dime to the deficit. instead, sure it does, it borrows half a trillion dollars from the medicare which is going broke and is running out of money and has no money to lend and uses that to fund this thing. he said he would never raise taxes on anybody who made less than $250,000 a year. yet, the bill is funded by half a trillion dollars in taxes on medical device companies, drug companies, hospitals, healthcare providers and insurance policies all of those costs will be passed on to people who make less than $250,000 a year and more than $250,000 a year and happen to be sick. a lot of sick people, people who need a medical device or drug, a lot of those people make less than $250,000 a year. >> well, what's so disheartening to he me, karl, is you i really want the american people who are sick to get access to medical care. i really do. and to put a bum program up, all it does is sets us back so much further. we really did need to do something about our healthcare system. people are hurting in this country
he said it would not add a dime to the deficit. instead, sure it does, it borrows half a trillion dollars from the medicare which is going broke and is running out of money and has no money to lend and uses that to fund this thing. he said he would never raise taxes on anybody who made less than $250,000 a year. yet, the bill is funded by half a trillion dollars in taxes on medical device companies, drug companies, hospitals, healthcare providers and insurance policies all of those costs will...
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well, i think that the estimates of the congressional budget office is that would have increased the deficit by about $110 billion in the first decade and close to a trillion dollars in the second decade. we know that we have 42 or 43 million americans without health insurance at all, some of them medicaid eligible and some over the medicaid eligibility. 30 governors so far, republicans and democrats, have declared their support for moving ahead with medicaid expansion, but absent that, the affordable care act, those folks would be without any kind of health security. and in the private market, what we know is it takes a real toll. but i'd say the biggest issue is not just the financial toll, not the community toll, not the country toll, which is significant. i have a good friend who runs the cancer center at the university of kansas. i was with him and cancer researchers recent low, and he said that if you get a cancer diagnosis, you are 60% more likely to live five years and beyond if you have insurance than if you don't. i think that's a pretty powerful statement for why we need affordabl
well, i think that the estimates of the congressional budget office is that would have increased the deficit by about $110 billion in the first decade and close to a trillion dollars in the second decade. we know that we have 42 or 43 million americans without health insurance at all, some of them medicaid eligible and some over the medicaid eligibility. 30 governors so far, republicans and democrats, have declared their support for moving ahead with medicaid expansion, but absent that, the...
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they said that it would explode the deficit and yet all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office have told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over ten years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act which has driven them to such a frenzy, they even closed the go. . so now we have you before the committee. and you're being asked he i suppose later you'll be asked about the website. but let me pursue this question about individuals have gotten notices that they will have their individual insurance policies canceled. they will be able to get another plan, won't they? >> actually it's the law that they must. tip us coverage is part continuous coverage is part of the law. and that wasn't the case in the past. fr . >> so it said we'll end the worst abuses of insurance companies, we'll create consumer protections in the marketplace. they will be able to buy a policy even if they have been sick in the past, that women won't be charged more than men, that we're not going to let insurance companies deny coverage because of
they said that it would explode the deficit and yet all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office have told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over ten years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act which has driven them to such a frenzy, they even closed the go. . so now we have you before the committee. and you're being asked he i suppose later you'll be asked about the website. but let me pursue this question about...
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they said that it would explode the deficit. and yet all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office have told us that it is going to save us $100 billion over 10 years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act which have driven them to such a frenzy they even closed the government! so now we have you before the committee. and you're being asked, i suppose later, you will be asked about the website but let me pursue this question about individuals who have gotten notices that they're going to have their individual insurance policies canceled. they will be able to get another plan, won't they. >> actually it is the law they must get another plan. continuous coverage is part of the law. >> so -- >> that wasn't the case in the past. >> so the affordable care act said we're going to end the worst abuses of insurance companies. we're going to create consumer protections in the marketplace they will be able to buy a policy even if they have been sick in the past. that
they said that it would explode the deficit. and yet all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office have told us that it is going to save us $100 billion over 10 years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act which have driven them to such a frenzy they even closed the government! so now we have you before the committee. and you're being asked, i suppose later, you will be asked about the website but let me pursue this...
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>> well, i think the estimates at the congressional budget office, it would have increased the deficit by $110 billion in the first decade and close to a trillion dollars in the second decade. we know we have 42 or 43 million americans without health care, some medicaid eligible and some over the medicaid eligibility. 30 governors so far, republicans and democrats, have declared their support with moving ahead with medicaid expansion, but absent the affordable care act, those folks would be without any kind of health security, and in the private market, what we know is it takes a real toll. but i'd say the biggest issue is not just the financial toll, not the community toll, not the country toll, which is significant. i have a good friend who runs the cancer center at the university of kansas. i was with him and cancer researchers recently, and he said if you get a cancer diagnosis, you are 60% more likely to live five years and beyond if you have insurance than if you don't. i think that's a pretty powerful statement for why we need affordable health care for all of our citizens. >> w
>> well, i think the estimates at the congressional budget office, it would have increased the deficit by $110 billion in the first decade and close to a trillion dollars in the second decade. we know we have 42 or 43 million americans without health care, some medicaid eligible and some over the medicaid eligibility. 30 governors so far, republicans and democrats, have declared their support with moving ahead with medicaid expansion, but absent the affordable care act, those folks would...
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when unemployment is down, the deficit goes down. when unemployment goes up, the deficit goes up. the reasons for this are clear because when you don't have a job, you don't pay taxes and when you don't have income, you are not paying payroll taxes and you're more likely to need government assistance. unemployment is a double whammy for federal budget and if you lower the deficit we have the lower employment. it includes deficit reduction for the most vulnerable under medicare and medicaid and children's health insurance program and nutritional assistance and other services that ignore the fact that when you cut the essential benefits, you shift the cost of this on to senior citizens and parents and lower income hard working people in these cost shifts take money out of the pockets of consumers that would otherwise be spent in other parts of the economy and creating growth and jobs. it cuts jobs and cutting jobs is not the way to reduce the deficit. securing the deficit reduction by cutting the key investments and telegrams and infrastructure and job planning and research and deve
when unemployment is down, the deficit goes down. when unemployment goes up, the deficit goes up. the reasons for this are clear because when you don't have a job, you don't pay taxes and when you don't have income, you are not paying payroll taxes and you're more likely to need government assistance. unemployment is a double whammy for federal budget and if you lower the deficit we have the lower employment. it includes deficit reduction for the most vulnerable under medicare and medicaid and...
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we have to address the driver of our debt and deficit. we have to don't reduce our deficits which we've cut in half over the last four years. if we don't, interest intense is a very real threat for crowding out both public and private investment in education r&d and infrastructure. over the last three years we've made real strides in reducing our deficit. we saved more than $12.5 billion. that's been unbalanced. about 70% has been from spending cut. 30% from revenue. we need to do more but we have do it, i believe, in a balanced way. we've heard from senators about the need to modernize the tax code and move toward real tax reform. while the committee can't get it done. we can move in that direction in a substantial way. making a modest cut of only 5% of the trillion dollars a year we spend through the tax code would make huge dent in the deficit. lastly, we have to don't make some reduction in direct spending. although i know that's the area taken the hardest hit. i'll insist on doing in a way that put a circle of production around aroun
we have to address the driver of our debt and deficit. we have to don't reduce our deficits which we've cut in half over the last four years. if we don't, interest intense is a very real threat for crowding out both public and private investment in education r&d and infrastructure. over the last three years we've made real strides in reducing our deficit. we saved more than $12.5 billion. that's been unbalanced. about 70% has been from spending cut. 30% from revenue. we need to do more but...
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they said it would explode the deficit. all the reputable organizations, like the congressional budget office, have told us that it will save us $100 billion over 10 years. we have had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act, which have driven them to such a frenzy that they even close to the government. now we have you before the committee and you are being asked about the website. let me pursue this question about individuals who have gotten notices that they will have their individual insurance policies canceled. they will be able to get another plan what they? >> continuous coverage as part of the law. it is the law. that was not the case in the past. >> we will end the worst abuses of the insurance industry. we will create consumer protections in the marketplace that they will be able to buy a policy even if they have been sick in the past. women will not be charged more than men. insurance companies will not be able to deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions. they will not be a
they said it would explode the deficit. all the reputable organizations, like the congressional budget office, have told us that it will save us $100 billion over 10 years. we have had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act, which have driven them to such a frenzy that they even close to the government. now we have you before the committee and you are being asked about the website. let me pursue this question about individuals who have gotten notices that they...
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and our deficits are half of what they were when the president took office. so we have seen the united states economy make a turn around. our economy is actually recovered faster than any other advanced economy. just as it's becoming more expensive and more difficult to do business in other parts of the world, our economy is becoming more competitive and more attractive. business leaders from around the world tell me all the time that there's no other place where they would rather do business. on my very first trip as treasury secretary, i visited a plant in georgia and saw firsthand american workers producing electronic equipment that would be added to construction machinery for export to china. the plant is owned and operated by siemens, the german-based engineering company, and it's one of 130 facilities they run throughout the united states. siemens has invested more than $125 million in the united states over the past decade and invests about $1 billion every year in research here. when asked about it, they said, america produces better than anyone. the
and our deficits are half of what they were when the president took office. so we have seen the united states economy make a turn around. our economy is actually recovered faster than any other advanced economy. just as it's becoming more expensive and more difficult to do business in other parts of the world, our economy is becoming more competitive and more attractive. business leaders from around the world tell me all the time that there's no other place where they would rather do business....
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and our deficits are half of what they were when the president took office. so we have seen the united states economy make a turn around. our economy is actually recovered faster than any other advanced economy. just as it's becoming more expensive and more difficult to do business in other parts of the world, our economy is becoming more competitive and more attractive. business leaders from around the world tell me all the time that there's no other place where they would rather do business. on my very first trip as treasury secretary, i visited a plant in georgia and saw firsthand american workers producing electronic equipment to be added to construction machinery for export to china. the plant is owned and operated by siemens, the german company, and it's one of 130 facilities they run throughout the united states. they've invested more than $125 million bel in the united states over the past decade and invests about $1 billion every year in research here. when asked about it, they said, america produces better than anyone. the heart of our ability to pr
and our deficits are half of what they were when the president took office. so we have seen the united states economy make a turn around. our economy is actually recovered faster than any other advanced economy. just as it's becoming more expensive and more difficult to do business in other parts of the world, our economy is becoming more competitive and more attractive. business leaders from around the world tell me all the time that there's no other place where they would rather do business....
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. >> we have had record deficits. >> record deficits for the past five years? the senator conveniently left out some major information. under president obama, deficits have gone down five straight years. the fastest drop since world war ii. down $409 billion since 2012. republicans are quiet about that, but they're still making stuff up about health care. >> what i want is the finest possible health care for america that we can have. we did have fabulous health care, and i think we can again. >> almost 50 million americans lacked coverage before obama care. and it was fabulous? when you're desperate for the president to fail, you really will do and say anything. well, we're not going to fall for it or let them get away with it. joining me now is congressman jim mcdermott democrat from washington and msnbc contributor goldie taylor. thank you to both of you for joining me. >> thank you. >> good to be here. >> congressman, some republicans want to pretend coverage in america used to be fabulous. i mean, how do you deal with that? >> well, you know, al, it's reall
. >> we have had record deficits. >> record deficits for the past five years? the senator conveniently left out some major information. under president obama, deficits have gone down five straight years. the fastest drop since world war ii. down $409 billion since 2012. republicans are quiet about that, but they're still making stuff up about health care. >> what i want is the finest possible health care for america that we can have. we did have fabulous health care, and i...
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right now, the tea party types are screaming about debt, debt, debt and the national deficit. i understand why in general it seems it is not good to have too much debt and it is not good to run deficits. a sickly, every household in america does if you have a mortgage. -- basically, every household american does if you have a mortgage and you are paying it off over time or on student loans or car loans or putting anything on a credit card for month-to-month. right now, interest rates are tremendously low come our economy is sluggish, it's a good ase to be are owing money long as you borrow it for the right money. if you borrow it to buy beer, it will not help you in the long run. it may be fun but if you borrow money to send a kid to school or to educate yourself in a way to house your family -- those are good solid investments. if we are using money now, which we borrowed at a cheap rate, hopefully, we will not have another default or shut down that will raise rates which is -- which is ap tremendously negative impact but if you can borrow money now to rebuild the infrastruct
right now, the tea party types are screaming about debt, debt, debt and the national deficit. i understand why in general it seems it is not good to have too much debt and it is not good to run deficits. a sickly, every household in america does if you have a mortgage. -- basically, every household american does if you have a mortgage and you are paying it off over time or on student loans or car loans or putting anything on a credit card for month-to-month. right now, interest rates are...
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they said it would explode the deficit. and yet all the reputable organizations, like the congressional budget office, have told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over 10 years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act, which has driven them to such a frenzy they even closed the government. now we have you before the committee and you are being asked -- i suppose later -- about the website. but let me pursue this question about individuals who've gotten notices that they're going to have their individual insurance policies canceled. they will be able to get another plan, won't they? >> it's the law that they get a plan. continuous coverage is part of the law. twheant the case in the past. >> so the affordable care act -- we're going toned the worst abuses of insurance companies. we're going to create consumer protections in the marketplace that they'll be able to buy a policy even if they have been sick in the past. that women will not be charged more than men. that we'
they said it would explode the deficit. and yet all the reputable organizations, like the congressional budget office, have told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over 10 years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act, which has driven them to such a frenzy they even closed the government. now we have you before the committee and you are being asked -- i suppose later -- about the website. but let me pursue this question about individuals...
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now, i understand why in general it's not good to have too much debt or run deficits; although, every household in america does, if you have a mortgage, you know, you are running deficits in some ways. you bought something to pay off gradually over time, or if you have student loans, car loans, or if, you know, put anything, you know, on a credit card from month to month. right now, interest rates are tremendously low, our economy's sluggish. it's a good time to be borrowing money as long as you borrow it for the right things. if you borrow money to buy beer, that's not helping you in the long run. it may be fun, but if you borrow money to, you know, send a kid to school, to go to educate yourself in a way, to house your family, those are good, solid investments so if you use money now, which we've borrow at a cheap rate, and hopefully there's not another shut down or default to raise rates, which is, you know, tremendously negative impact on what ted cruz and others brought about, but if you borrow money now to rebuild the infrastructure of the country, to invest in education, invest
now, i understand why in general it's not good to have too much debt or run deficits; although, every household in america does, if you have a mortgage, you know, you are running deficits in some ways. you bought something to pay off gradually over time, or if you have student loans, car loans, or if, you know, put anything, you know, on a credit card from month to month. right now, interest rates are tremendously low, our economy's sluggish. it's a good time to be borrowing money as long as...
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the term deficit is at its lowest level since 2008. the treasury says $680 billion, the deficit is less than half of what it was in 2009 when it hit a record high of $1.4 trillion. the combination of the forced budget cuts, the came tester with tax -- the sequester with tax increases on high income households are the factors that led to the rucks. >>> if you're a veteran looking for a job, you may want to check out usajobs.gov, they have been hiring. veterans make up 29% of the new federal workers. that is the highest percentage of military veterans in more than two decades. the defense department led the way with about 46% of new hires being vet ramps. >>> parlay view fran say? if you're fluent in a foreign language, the future is looking brighter for you. the top growing occupations in the nation are translators and interpreters. it predicts about 25,000 jobs will open up between 2010 and 2020 and it doesn't include the military which is also actively recruiting more translators and interpreters. nationwide workers in the field earn
the term deficit is at its lowest level since 2008. the treasury says $680 billion, the deficit is less than half of what it was in 2009 when it hit a record high of $1.4 trillion. the combination of the forced budget cuts, the came tester with tax -- the sequester with tax increases on high income households are the factors that led to the rucks. >>> if you're a veteran looking for a job, you may want to check out usajobs.gov, they have been hiring. veterans make up 29% of the new...
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we've cut our deficits by more than half since i took office and that he keep going down. we've pursued an all of the above energy strategy and we're producing more traditional, renewable than ever before, more natural gas than anyone in the world and we've cut carbon pollution in the process. so while the case for doing business in america has always been strong, we've made it stronger. of course you will find no better workers than american workers. our productivity is rising. we have the world's best universities. its most innovative entrepreneurs. we have its strongest intellectual property protections to go along with a rule of law that matches up with anyone. and thanks in part to a new initiative focused on exports and the new trade agreements that i've signed, we sell more products made in america to the rest of the world than ever before. so as you've heard repeatedly today and you will hear undoubtedly after i leave this stage, america is open for business. and businesses have responded. after a decade in which many jobs left the united states to go overseas, now
we've cut our deficits by more than half since i took office and that he keep going down. we've pursued an all of the above energy strategy and we're producing more traditional, renewable than ever before, more natural gas than anyone in the world and we've cut carbon pollution in the process. so while the case for doing business in america has always been strong, we've made it stronger. of course you will find no better workers than american workers. our productivity is rising. we have the...
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they say the deficit will go up. how do they finally solve this? >> well, republicans and some democrats also say that entitlements are going to have to be dealt with in some capacity because of the baby boom generation. the debt clock could get higher in years to come. one way or another medicare and social security at some point will have to be dealt with. the interesting thing here, eric is in the first term on the debt fights, president obama was really leading the charge. this time around it is harry reid and nancy pelosi and less so president obama. they both said, listen, we are not going to be dealing on social security, at least not at this stage. they are insisting on new tax revenues. that's the rub. i don't think there will beal re soon. there will be another showdown that goes down to the wire. >> you talk about entitlements. some people say don't touch those. >> they say listen, you have to raise the eligibility age on these programs. maybe not right away, but phase them in. republicans are saying, listen, if you don't do that, these
they say the deficit will go up. how do they finally solve this? >> well, republicans and some democrats also say that entitlements are going to have to be dealt with in some capacity because of the baby boom generation. the debt clock could get higher in years to come. one way or another medicare and social security at some point will have to be dealt with. the interesting thing here, eric is in the first term on the debt fights, president obama was really leading the charge. this time...
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our deficits are half of what they were and the president took office. so we have seen the united states economy make a turnaround our economy is actually recovering faster than any other advanced economy. in just as it has become more expensive and difficult to do business in other parts of the world and our economy has become more competitive and attractive. business leaders from around the world tell me all the time that there is no other place where they would rather do business. and on my very first trip as treasury secretary i visited the plan in georgia and south first and american workers producing electronic equipment that will be added to construction machinery for export to china. the plan is on and operated by siemens, the german based engineering company, and is one of 130 manufacturing the facilities that is run throughout the united states. investing more than $25 billion in the united states over the past decade and invests about 1 billion in research and development here annually. explaining why the company is so committed to the united
our deficits are half of what they were and the president took office. so we have seen the united states economy make a turnaround our economy is actually recovering faster than any other advanced economy. in just as it has become more expensive and difficult to do business in other parts of the world and our economy has become more competitive and attractive. business leaders from around the world tell me all the time that there is no other place where they would rather do business. and on my...
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and that economic growth will not only help ri deuce the deficit as well, but it puts people to work: this is important work for all americans. lit's remember, this touches every single american in a very positive way. some of the keys i'd lieblg to em fa sies in this bim,en hansed crop insurance. i've heard from across my state that farmers and rampblers wanten hanszed com snurnsz. that's absolute lip a priority. we need to continue the sugar program, the livestock indemnity program for our producers. we need conservation rules that make sense in the house vergsz, you do not tie the conservation compliance to crop ininsurance. i think that that is the right approach. obviously, under the current program, thaen you're also tied to the conservation radioradiorequirements. where he need strong research for ag productions. we need to support those programs. >> the senator was kind enough to mention some of the work that we've done on a bipartisan basis. she's been an absolute leader in some of the conservation programs. this could make a real difference in terms of water management and a
and that economic growth will not only help ri deuce the deficit as well, but it puts people to work: this is important work for all americans. lit's remember, this touches every single american in a very positive way. some of the keys i'd lieblg to em fa sies in this bim,en hansed crop insurance. i've heard from across my state that farmers and rampblers wanten hanszed com snurnsz. that's absolute lip a priority. we need to continue the sugar program, the livestock indemnity program for our...
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the economic growth will not only help to reduce the deficit as well, but it puts people to work. this is again important work for all americans. farm policy touches, let's remember, every single american in a positive way. some of the keys i would like to emphasize in this bill emphasize profit insurance, i believe all of you for across this country leave the farmers and ranchers want enhanced crop insurance, absolutely a priority. a lot of the members here have talked about revenue loss protection to help in those areas where crop insurance cannot. that is very important as well. we need to continue the sugar program, the livestock indemnity program for our producers, and we need conservation rules that make sense. in the house version you do not buy conservation compliance to crop insurance. i think that that is the right approach. obviously under the current program, if you are enrolled, then you are also tied to the conservation compliance reforms. we need strong support for ag research, where all of you who have worked in farm country, look at what ag research has done for g
the economic growth will not only help to reduce the deficit as well, but it puts people to work. this is again important work for all americans. farm policy touches, let's remember, every single american in a positive way. some of the keys i would like to emphasize in this bill emphasize profit insurance, i believe all of you for across this country leave the farmers and ranchers want enhanced crop insurance, absolutely a priority. a lot of the members here have talked about revenue loss...
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. >> let's talk a little bit about the budget deficit. of course, congress is going to be talking about it soon. in the last fiscal year, it was cut in half, a five-year low. but we're still looking at a debt of $17 trillion. >> absolutely. i mean, you really hit on it, $17 trillion is the only number in there that counts. the ups and downs year to year barely make a dent in that number. i remember when it was $6 trillion and we thought it was a lot. that wasn't very long ago. this $17 trillion number looks insurmountable at this point, and it's making our creditors around the world nervous about lending even more money to us. you know, it puts pressure on our dollar. it's a dangerous thing in the long run. and unless we get real entitlement spending under control, these year-to-year ups and downs are not going to make a big dent in that $17 trillion. >> what about the unemployment rate, 7.2%, two points higher than when president obama took office, but still a lot of people out of work. >> absolutely. you heard the president in that spee
. >> let's talk a little bit about the budget deficit. of course, congress is going to be talking about it soon. in the last fiscal year, it was cut in half, a five-year low. but we're still looking at a debt of $17 trillion. >> absolutely. i mean, you really hit on it, $17 trillion is the only number in there that counts. the ups and downs year to year barely make a dent in that number. i remember when it was $6 trillion and we thought it was a lot. that wasn't very long ago. this...
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they said that it would explode the deficit. and yet all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office, have told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over ten years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act, which has driven them to such a frenzy they even closed the government. so now we have you before the committee. and you're being asked, i suppose later you'll be asked about the web site. but let me pursue this question about individuals who have gotten notices that they're going to have their individual insurance policies cancelled. they'll be able to get another plan, won't they? >> actually, it's the law that they must get another plan. continuous coverage is part of the law. and that wasn't the case in the past. >> affordable care act said we're going to end the worst abuses of insurance companies, create consumer protection that they'll be able to buy a policy, even if that's been sick in the past that, women won't be charged more than men that, we
they said that it would explode the deficit. and yet all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office, have told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over ten years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act, which has driven them to such a frenzy they even closed the government. so now we have you before the committee. and you're being asked, i suppose later you'll be asked about the web site. but let me pursue this...
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i met last night with the vice president of the european parliament who said a serious trust deficit remains and that deficit is likely to have consequences, including on a major trade agreement the two sides are discussing right now. kate and chris, you have a german delegation visiting the white house. the issue that seems to spark the most anger for the european side is not just that spying take place but it went right up to the leaders such as angela merkel. that's the issue that sparks the most anger. >> all right, jim, thank you so much. interesting, though. mike rogers always says, that's why the president has to have an encrypted blackberry and cell phone. everyone is trying to spy on president obama as well. >> we don't know how much the politics is masking the practicalities these days. >> good one. >>> another storm, not of the political nature, a real one is brewing and could cause problems across the midwest and impact your halloween. let's bring in indra petersons who's tracking the storm for us. what do we know? have you stopped the storm. >> it almost looks like a big
i met last night with the vice president of the european parliament who said a serious trust deficit remains and that deficit is likely to have consequences, including on a major trade agreement the two sides are discussing right now. kate and chris, you have a german delegation visiting the white house. the issue that seems to spark the most anger for the european side is not just that spying take place but it went right up to the leaders such as angela merkel. that's the issue that sparks the...
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we've cut our deficits by more than half since i took office. and they keep going down. we've pursued an all of the above energy strategy and we are producing more traditional energy, more renewable energy than ever before, more natural gas than anyone in the world. and we have cut our carbon pollution in the process. so while the case for doing business in america's always been strong, we've made it stronger. of course, you will find no better workers than american workers. our productivity is rising. we have the world's best universities. it's most innovative entrepreneurs. we have its strong effort intellectual property protections to go along with a rule of law that matches up with anyone. and thanks in part to a new initiative focused on exports and the new trade agreements that i've signed, we sell more products made in america to the rest of the world than ever before. so as you've heard, repeatedly today, and you will hear undoubtedly after i leave the stage, america is open for business. and businesses have responded. you know, after a decade in which many jobs
we've cut our deficits by more than half since i took office. and they keep going down. we've pursued an all of the above energy strategy and we are producing more traditional energy, more renewable energy than ever before, more natural gas than anyone in the world. and we have cut our carbon pollution in the process. so while the case for doing business in america's always been strong, we've made it stronger. of course, you will find no better workers than american workers. our productivity is...
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there is a problem that we have in the deficit area the commitment to his cut the deficit in half, which is very good, we are going in the right direction. when you shut the government down and have a plan for sequester cut by five percent, it hurts the country from going forward again. chris, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call, the show should be on 24/seven. 24/seven/7. is on about thism talking program. the affordable care act, i have been letting it go, letting ago, because i do not have the computer. i called the one 800 number and had a very enjoyable little talk with the girl who was there, she was very nice, very help will. getting onder time c-span than i did getting a hold of her. guest: there you go. caller: it took me about two minutes to get through. do you have a plan? caller: i will tell you what happened. she took my information, she was very nice, said she would send me something in the mail in .even days if these people cannot get on the internet because it is being blocked, why don't they just call one 800 number, do like i do, get the paperwork, fill i
there is a problem that we have in the deficit area the commitment to his cut the deficit in half, which is very good, we are going in the right direction. when you shut the government down and have a plan for sequester cut by five percent, it hurts the country from going forward again. chris, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call, the show should be on 24/seven. 24/seven/7. is on about thism talking program. the affordable care act, i have been letting it go, letting ago, because...
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cbo also made it clear that the healthcare law was going to be a net reducer in terms of our federal deficit. >> julian, i have toil, president obama, unequivocally said this will not be a tax increase. he looked the american people in the eye in fact he was sitting down with george stephanopoulos it isn't a tax. it was never a tax. it's the law. his words. turns out, i agree with you it's a tax. >> certainly there is no question. nobody ever debated the fact that you had things you had the medical equipment tax you had capital gains rate going up for certain people. the point here is that out of a pool of 60 million people we are clearly going to get far more than 7 million people entering into this. look back -- >> -- in your opinion. i have to leave it there real question for me is if they can't get a web site up and running in three years how in the world are they going to handle billions and billions going through that medical portal going forward? julian we have to leave it there. >> thank you. >> next on the ruppdown, ed henry on the political fallout from the botched obama carrollout
cbo also made it clear that the healthcare law was going to be a net reducer in terms of our federal deficit. >> julian, i have toil, president obama, unequivocally said this will not be a tax increase. he looked the american people in the eye in fact he was sitting down with george stephanopoulos it isn't a tax. it was never a tax. it's the law. his words. turns out, i agree with you it's a tax. >> certainly there is no question. nobody ever debated the fact that you had things you...
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that means deficits go up. >> i will remind you that premiums were going up at double digit increases prior to the affordable care act what we are seeing is a moderation in increases in the last three years. >> that is a false dichotomy. there are other solutions getting premiums down and lowering costs. i don't accept that as a complete answer on the cost of these pleem yums. transparency is clearly very important. will you or hhs or cms, somebody in the administration provide information on the taxpayers' cost with regard to these subsidies for 2015 and beyond? >> i am sure part of our information and reports we produce will include that information to you, yes. >> thank you. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i would like to associate myself with the remarks of mr. thompson and mr. neal. i'll focus on an area i think this committee could become imminently involved in. i would like to point out what a success connecticut has been. i want to commend governor malloy and lieutenant governor wyman who headed that up. tremendous success including more than 1/3 of the people that have
that means deficits go up. >> i will remind you that premiums were going up at double digit increases prior to the affordable care act what we are seeing is a moderation in increases in the last three years. >> that is a false dichotomy. there are other solutions getting premiums down and lowering costs. i don't accept that as a complete answer on the cost of these pleem yums. transparency is clearly very important. will you or hhs or cms, somebody in the administration provide...
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think of the $2,002,000,000,000 shortfall we're talking about the difference between the $41 billion deficit that you're facing because mortgages originated under republican appointed regulation, and the roughly 37 billion that have been recovered since democrats have taken back control? is that a fair statement of the difference? >> it is absolutely true that the legacy books that are causing us the substantial problems are from the 2006 to early 2009 -- >> so there's also talk about accountability. if you look at the fact that the party that was responsible for running of all the red bar graphs, ones removed from power. i think there is accountability and the fact that you're a presidential appointee is a reflection of that accountability. now, i want to change subjects a little bit towards what rules could have been in place that might've prevented the disaster of the 2001-2009 but there's the suggestion has been made. there some research papers on what are effectively countercyclical capital requirements. are you familiar with this general line of research? >> a little bit, yes. >> said
think of the $2,002,000,000,000 shortfall we're talking about the difference between the $41 billion deficit that you're facing because mortgages originated under republican appointed regulation, and the roughly 37 billion that have been recovered since democrats have taken back control? is that a fair statement of the difference? >> it is absolutely true that the legacy books that are causing us the substantial problems are from the 2006 to early 2009 -- >> so there's also talk...
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he gave us record deficits and have taken a while to dig out and people understand that obama inherited a bunch of problems. we have been patient with him trying to rebuild sxwr we a. >> we are talking about obama care. this has nothing to do with president bush, this is this president. >> why his numbers have been high despite some of the problems. i agree with you right now. this glitchy rollout has been harmful to him with people who like him and i think the overly broad assurances where he says nobody is going to suffer, we're only going to have winners under obama care. not one single loser. that is an overly broad assurance and it has come back to bite him and he now has problems with people who actually like him who are feeling frustrated. >> it is earlier you brought up the notion of the self-inflicted issues. some something we were watching last night david gergen four-time working in the white house david gergen here made this observation. let's roll it. >> i think they came in thinking that the white house was essentially a political instrument, as opposed to a governing inst
he gave us record deficits and have taken a while to dig out and people understand that obama inherited a bunch of problems. we have been patient with him trying to rebuild sxwr we a. >> we are talking about obama care. this has nothing to do with president bush, this is this president. >> why his numbers have been high despite some of the problems. i agree with you right now. this glitchy rollout has been harmful to him with people who like him and i think the overly broad...
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jon, it would not impact the deficit. would actually cut the deficit. jon: he is starting to take the heat from that. real quickly voters are saying pox on both your houses. people's opinions of the democratic party down at 43%. republican party at 30%. back a year ago, september of 2012, 50% liked the democrats, 43% liked republicans. so the republican party has taken a bigger hit but both parties are down. >> the republican party has taken a bigger hit i think you will see the pendulum take back boehner will keep the house. if you look in the senate more democrats are up for re-election. some of those democrats coming from red states. mary landrieu in louisiana, kay hagen in north carolina. i think you will see a sea of change where republicans take over the senate. jon: doesn't get much more personal than your health care. people will translate what is happening now the way they vote. >> you're exactly right and they will vote their pocketbook when they go to the polls. right now people are suffering living paycheck to paycheck and there is no leader
jon, it would not impact the deficit. would actually cut the deficit. jon: he is starting to take the heat from that. real quickly voters are saying pox on both your houses. people's opinions of the democratic party down at 43%. republican party at 30%. back a year ago, september of 2012, 50% liked the democrats, 43% liked republicans. so the republican party has taken a bigger hit but both parties are down. >> the republican party has taken a bigger hit i think you will see the pendulum...
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they went into this fall with a deficit, and then occurred the shutdown. and the shutdown has really turned off virginia voters. they see that as a dysfunctional congress, they see it as an example of that extremism. they don't like it. many of us were affected by it, because virginia is very much tied to the federal government in terms of investment defense spending and technology investment. and i think the republicans are going to pay a very heavy price for that next tuesday. >> you know, we have -- you talk about sort of the gender gap there. you have the latest poll, "washington post"/abc news has mcauliffe winning by 24 points among women. i think back to four years ago, mcauliffe, his national reputation, he was a bungler. sort of a d.c. big pun guy. he ran four years ago in virginia, got trounced in the democratic primary. you know, i hear there's a writer for "new york" magazine who said at the start of this campaign this year that terry mcauliffe is the democrat that democrats have been dreaming of voting against. i just look at this race, congre
they went into this fall with a deficit, and then occurred the shutdown. and the shutdown has really turned off virginia voters. they see that as a dysfunctional congress, they see it as an example of that extremism. they don't like it. many of us were affected by it, because virginia is very much tied to the federal government in terms of investment defense spending and technology investment. and i think the republicans are going to pay a very heavy price for that next tuesday. >> you...
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it will reduce our deficits by $850 billion. these are not my estimates but independent estimates that have been made about the saga torry affect at comprehensive immigration reform will have -- salutory effect that comprehensive immigration reform will have on the economy. if we are employing -- holding employers who are not doing the right thing accountable and we provide a pathway to citizenship for those who have paid a fine, learn english, are getting a into the back of a line, taking their responsibilities that -- ross possibilities -- responsibilities. businesses doing better. we have an opportunity, when a young people come to this , totry to study on our dime ensure that if they are able and willing, they can stay here, start businesses, contribute to our economy. this is something that has strong bipartisan report -- support. predecessor, george w. bush, was a strong supporter of this. we have a fascinating cross- , some unlikelyle bedfellows, some very liberal folks, some very conservative folks, and all believe that
it will reduce our deficits by $850 billion. these are not my estimates but independent estimates that have been made about the saga torry affect at comprehensive immigration reform will have -- salutory effect that comprehensive immigration reform will have on the economy. if we are employing -- holding employers who are not doing the right thing accountable and we provide a pathway to citizenship for those who have paid a fine, learn english, are getting a into the back of a line, taking...
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in the face of reduced deficits and defense budgets, new challenges, our defense institutions must be shaped to continuingmilitary's readiness. that includes a continued focus on capacity building for our allies and our partners and working closely with them and through alliances. but today, we face the danger that our current budget crisis and the steep, abrupt, and deep cuts imposed by sequestration will cause an unnecessary strategically unsound and dangerous degradation in military readiness and capability. as you know, the department is facing sequester level cuts in the order of $500 billion over 10 years. the 10-in addition to inr $487 billion reduction eod budget that is already underway. fast, too are too abrupt, and to irresponsible. dod took a $37 billion sequester cut during the past fiscal year, and we could be forced to absorb a $52 billion sequester cut this fiscal year. we're looking at nearly one dollar trillion in dod cuts over this 10-year period unless there is a new budget agreement. we are currently operating under no budget, under a continuing resolution which c
in the face of reduced deficits and defense budgets, new challenges, our defense institutions must be shaped to continuingmilitary's readiness. that includes a continued focus on capacity building for our allies and our partners and working closely with them and through alliances. but today, we face the danger that our current budget crisis and the steep, abrupt, and deep cuts imposed by sequestration will cause an unnecessary strategically unsound and dangerous degradation in military...
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we wonder why there's such an alarming trust deficit in the country today? as "washington post" writer chris solizza wrote recently, when you're the president, words matter. mr. president, words matter. your words were "if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. period." mr. president, that was a false promise. and it is undermining the confidence and trust of the american people in this president and in this government. the fact is you can only keep your health care plan if the obama administration likes that plan, and apparently there's millions already of plans that they don't like. and the ones they do like are their own creation with multiple, doubles and triples of premium cost. in 2009, the president also said we will keep this promise. if you like your doctor, you'll be able to keep your doctor. period. the president keeps enunciating his promises with a period. that means that's it. final. nothing else to say about it. the fact is also that under obamacare, many individuals are not going to have access to their doctors that they've trusted
we wonder why there's such an alarming trust deficit in the country today? as "washington post" writer chris solizza wrote recently, when you're the president, words matter. mr. president, words matter. your words were "if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. period." mr. president, that was a false promise. and it is undermining the confidence and trust of the american people in this president and in this government. the fact is you can only keep your health...